#django

@laudiacay I would define it in settings.py and then use that variable to define the url in urls.py

extc: will following these instructions work? https://github.com/joestump/python-oauth2/wiki/...

@laudiacay: it looks like it would work

hey friends! I finally got a working solution for the question I posted a little while, related with faking a file write to the filesystem, when running automated tests

I think it can be useful for someone, so here it is: http://dpaste.com/2J3Q1F4

Hello, I need to convert some data from one model to another. Only some of the data from one model. How should I go about converting that data in my migration?

@yaplej have you made an empty migration?

I have not made anything yet.

I have the initial migration that created the original tables. I created a few new models and some of that data in the old model I need to copy/purge from.

So I should create the migration that creates the tables for the new models then add a custom migration to copy/purge the data?

yes

hi! if i have some non-form ajax json data and im going to run a query with it is there a sanitize method I should use or something?

dirgeable: You can always create a form and just use its validation. But what exactly does “run a query with it” mean here?

vlt get some category tags from json, filter object with those tags

dirgeable: Should be safe to use in .filter().

thanks!

sqlite3 question....HOW create the tables? ./manage.py migrate does NOT seem to do that!?/1

with mysql all the db stuff just got done from django\

what's the deal/?

theseb: ./manage.py migrate should work. can you show your db settings?

knbk: thanks! https://pastebin.com/i0Qrz7iE

knbk: when i entered sqlite3 shell and did .tables nothing came up after ./manage.py migrate

theseb: the name of your sqlite db should be an absolute file path, try os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'blocks.db')

how do I post inside a view function? would i just use, like, requests? or is there some internal django thing i should be using

it's to get data before i return the view

laudiacay use requests

cool

knbk: yikes...ok.....sorry

knbk: just a min

knbk: on an unrelated note...why do some use os.path.join instead of string concatenation?..e.g. BASE_DIR + "/" + "foo"?

theseb: It’s not always "/"

theseb: because it guarantees proper handling of slashes, i.e. if BASE_DIR ends with a slash

theseb it takes care of stuff like "a_dir/" + "/goo"

laudiacay: separate the data generation from your view, then call the data generation function directly. no need for a separate request

i'm doing an authorization code oauth flow

knbk: do i need to specify my models.py file in settings.py? ./manage.py migrate doesn't "see" the tables to create

oh you're posting to a third-party website?

theseb: your app must be in INSTALLED_APPS, and it must have migrations

knbk: this is on pythonanywhere.com btw.....seems very nice fwiw

knbk: my "app" is the mvc/ folder mentioned in INSTALLED_APPS....what does it mean to "have migrations" ?

knbk: i *do* have a models.py with the classes specified

theseb: means it has a migrations/__init__.py and other migration files. if that doesn't exist, call manage.py makemigrations mvc

knbk: holy hell cakes! you did it! it works!

knbk: i had to do that freaky makemigrations thingie ftw!

yeah!

thanks a million